Current motor



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' J. J. QUERY' CURRENT MOTOR Filed June l, 1920 @Hof wz t3 l Patented heb., dill, ldlt elli .i i L C'URREN'I" MUTUR.

Application led June 1,

To @ZZ 11i/wm t may concern." l

Beit known that LJns-sn J. QUnn'r, acitizen of the United States, residing` at IO brasla,.have invented certainnew and `useful `improvenientsin aCurrentli/lotor, oi' which the following` isalspeciiication.

\ This invention relates to currentmotoi's.

The objecto'f the inventionisto construct i asectional apparatus of this character to take poiverfrorn streams, rivers, or any currents o tf lWaters and by[adding` units thereto increasethe powerto any` desired extent, the povverbeing transmitted tor any use` desired. 1 i. Another objeetisto so construct such an apparatus that any stream may be harnessed thereby Without damming the stream andany desired number of units used "Without"` one interfering with or decreasing the `effiiciency ofthe others, `onthe contrary rather increas- 2D depth oit currents. Y i y i Another object is to so construct Vsuch 4a motor that it may be made inall size-aboth letts andxrights, operating; With eiiiciency from either banlrand which runs at an angle obliogue` to the normal course of the stream, or other current of Water.` in connection with which `it is to be used.` i

Another object is to so `construct such Ia motor that it Willbe buoyant and thereby require less powerfulconstruction to retain it in proper position p ttor `best service; is i steady in its pull; `and normally directs cur wrents to the center of the stream; but may be used to direct them against either bank for Washing :away the` bank` and straightening irregular streams.

i Anotherobjectzis tov provide a motor of this `'character which will rid itself loi? all ordinary foreign bodies owing` to its angular position by takingsuch bodies under and away With the current andwhioh requires a minimumamount of attention atter` it is once installed i v f u With `the foregoingand other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds7 the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being' understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the in ven-tion herein disclosed may be made` Within ino" their efficiency bypromoting speed and ieee. serial uo. essere.

the scope oitl what is claimed Without departiing from the spirit of the invention. 4 i 55 scei ola, in the county'ot Pollr and State or Ne- In the accompanying draWings:-

.Figure l. represents a top plan, partly in section, of a motor constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic view showing 60 one method of installing the motor constituting this invention.` l

Figure 3 is a similar' view showing another mode oi? installing, and

Figure l is a similar?view` showing still 65 another mode. l

r inthe embodiment illustrated. ashait'l is shown mounted at its opposite ends in roller bearings 2.

*lllhe roller bearings 2 are mounted in suit- 70 castings 7 and which aregadapted-to slide in suitable .guides 8, yCarriedby opposed faces of the piles (see Fig; l.)

It' is obvious thatv the casting 7 can be slid on the guide base, to adjust the position oi" the shat't 1in the Water;

llflounted on tbe shaft 1 between the piles 5' is -a double `cone-sbapedbuoyant member l0.. fixed to said shaft and composed of tivo con e'-shaped sections 1l and 12 with, their 85 laroje ends abutting and connected Water tight in env suitable manner shown at 13.

p A plurality of bracing spiders 12a .conneet the members 11 and 12 with the shaft 1 as is shown clearly in Fig. 1. rlhese braces varyl in diameter toy conform to the shape of the portion of the cone'in which they are mounted and they operate not only to conneet the cone with the shaft but to prevent its collapseunder pressure. rll`his cone l() is et composed preferably of heavy strain resisti ing; material `and its `opposite ends are `equipped with Water tight closures 10a to Secured to the outer faces of the cones 11 I and 12 are Wings lll and ll the Wings on one m5 `cone `corresporiding- 1n `number to those on the other cone and each wing is spirally mounted on its cone, the wings on the rear cone 11 aligning with the corresponding wings ,on `the, front cone 312, so lthat` the two alin-ing wings when properly mounted will make an approximately half turn around the two cones. The combined wings which may be secured to the cones in any suitable manner form a spiral extending in ythe same direction. This peculiar mounting and shape of the wings 14 and l5 prevents water being` carried up by the wings which would operate vto kill the power of the motor, said wings being somewhat in .the shape of amold board of a plow.

' The end of shaft l. which projects toward ,the bank of the stream is mounted in a bearing in one wall of a. boxing 17 and carries a bevel gear 18which permits power to be ltransmitted from the power from vshaft l to any other point where Vit may be'required.

vffllhis'boxing 17 is madewater' tight and oil vtight and the gears contained therein are de- .'signed 'to run` in oil.

The other end of shaft lis equipped with al'knuckle or universal joint 2l to Vprovide for the movement of this end of the shaft when the motor is raised or lowered on the piles )5' without interfering 'withl another shaft which may be connected therewith.'

l `In Fig. l a. double section or unit is shown but it is to be understood that Yany desired vnumber o'these units may be employed and donnected by' universal joints 21to provide for their arrangement in" streams of different `widths and for4 increasing the-'power' to be transmitted from the in'otorl At the end of each section or unit are supports 5 here shown in the form of piles composed of any suitable material.l

rom the above description it will be obH vio-us that by making-this improved motor in Sections or' units and combiningthe'units ltoiobtain the powerrequi'red an almost unlimited amount of power will be obtained and any river or stream with a fair 'volume 'of How may be harnessed by such motor and the water orcurrent used repeatedly.

z Each unit of the motor will ordinarily be submergedI a little' more'than one halt but yit is to be understood thatthe position 'ot Y.the unit may be regulated to place it at a point whereinost power is obtained. i lBy'placing'the'nnits at an oblique angle .1n streams vof running water the motor will be effectively operated without damming the stream .and'this' position will adapt the motor to, rid itself of all ordinaryl foreign bodies by takingthem under and away with -the current, therefore the langle in which the units are placedi's held to be an essential feature of the invention, kthe peculiar construction of the Ywings being* especially adapted for this peculiar positioning.`

- It is' to be understood that the middle por tion of each unit l0 is of sufficient size to give just enough buoyancy to carry the unit to a proper depth, the construction to be enlarged according to the weight of the shaft. bracing spiders'eto. The lifting ca )aeity ol each unit will have to be arranged by mea urement, the size oi the cones being regu` lated to suit conditions liningr made larger where the shaft l is increased in size and a larger load is to be carried thereby.

In Fig. 1 a direction changer is shown at 25 into which two 'wings carryingY shafts l enter a: casing Q6 at an oblique angle, the case being here shown rectangular and the sha't'ts entering through adjacent corners mounted on roller bearings i2 and having; intermeshing bevel gears 27, whereby the power from one shaft is transmitted to the other and the direction thereof changed.

In Fig. il is shown a diagrammatic view iu which two series ot' connected units converge toward the center oi' the stream, the series being connected by a direction changer such as that shown at 25 in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 3 a multiplicity of series of units are connected and arranged so as to obtain increased power which maybe transmitted for any use desired.

In Fig'. la diagrammatic view is shown with the series of units inclining obliquely from the banks from toward the center ot' the Istream and spa-ced apart at the center oi the stream.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured b v Letters Patent, iszl. A water power device comprising a cone-shaped body portion, and a plurality of bent 'blades secured to the sides of the body to extend diagonally of the same, the corresponding ends olf the blades being,T ar-y ranged in close proximity adj aeent the apex of the conical body.l and the opposite corresponding ends ofthe blades being bent inwardly of the spaces between the blades and spaced a substantial distance apart to permit outlet of the water passingr through the ways.

.2. A water power device comprising a conical body, a plurality of bent blades securedby their edges to the body to extend diagonally across the same7 the forward ends of 'the blades beineT relatively narrow and fastened adjacent the apex of the conical body, and 'the rear ends of the blades beiner lflared `to form relatively wide blades, and

said ends being` curved toward the succeed* ing blades and `gradually tapered to permit freeesca'pe of water from the ways formed between 'the various blades.

3. A water power device comprising a body tapered from its intermediate portion toward its ends whereby the ends of the body are' cone'ishaped, and a plurality of peripheral `blades secured to each end of the to extend diagonally thereof, and the ende of the blades on one end of the body being;r reduced in Width adjacent the intermediate, portion of the body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1.5 in 4presence of two Witnesses.

` JESSE J. QUERY. Witnesses:

M. E. BRITTNER, LEVI E. PETERS. 

